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Given that humans must have "always" known that carving a hole in something is easier if you use your wrist to reciprocally rotate the tool, I'd be inclined to suspect that both hole-making and firestarting with a bow drill were invented more or less contemporaneously.


Yes, but didn’t our wrists evolve because of all the fire-starting?


Arsonists being more developed hominids?


Arsonist wouldnt exist if there was nt general fascination with fire in most people.

Neanderthals existed just fine without it for some time, interestingly.




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